Hemming Tips
Here are a few tips when hemming your garment. The hem finish can “make or break” a garment. When turning up a hem on the bottom of a shirt, normally the instructions will say to turn up ¼’ double, depending on your fabric, this could be too bulky. If you have an overlocker/serger, then overlock the raw edge and turn up once. No bulk. When your hem is wider at the turn up than where it will be sewn in place, often times there will be too much fullness to get a nice even hem to sew. To avoid any puckering, where your ¼” turn under is, run a row of stitching, if you loosen your tension a little, this could be enough to “ease” the fullness out, but in case it isn’t what you do is:- Pin at your side seams, front and back centers and then taking a pin, slip it under a stitch in the center between each pin and pull up until the hem fits evenly between each section. Pin the hem in place and finish by hand or machine whichever method the pattern calls for. CTBaird is an author of many articles and the Sewing eGuide “Sew More For U” http://www.sewmoreforu.com Copyright © 2005-2006 CTBaird Rights Reserved Sew More For U
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